An East Hampton painter admitted Monday that he defrauded $2.5 million from art collectors by selling fake paintings he claimed were the works of Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning and other famous artists.

John Re, 54, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to one count of wire fraud in connection with his scheme.

Re launched the forgery scam in 2005, and knew enough to create a fictional provenance for the fakes.

The forgeries included some famed Pollock splatters that were audaciously sold on eBay.

In at least one instance, when confronted by a client, he resorted to threats, claiming that the victim should be wary of Re’s purported connections to organized crime.

The government says Re then bought a mini-submarine, the USS Deep Quest.

Purchased in Texas, the submarine’s potential sale is now blocked by the court to satisfy a $2.5 million forfeiture order.

Under the plea agreement, Re will face up to four years in the slammer when he’s sentenced on April 10.

This wasn’t his first brush with the law. In 1995, the admitted fraudster pleaded guilty to being part of a counterfeiting ring using a home printing press.